Washing-machine.



F. B. CHURCHILL.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Sept. 12, 1900.)

Ptented Apr. 30, I90I (No Model.)

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`UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRANK B. CHURCHILL, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

WASHING-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,194, dated April 30, 1901.

Application filed September 12, 1900. Serial No. 29,819. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. CHURCHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in oscillating washing-machines, the object being to provide a 'novel construction and arrangement of the interiorportion of the body whereby the clothing or other articles placed within the same are more thoroughly agitated and the air and water forced through the articles, thusl quickly and thoroughly removing the dirt therefrom without injuring the fabric by unnecessary rubbing or friction.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, the preferred form of construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described inthe following specification, of which said drawings form a part, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine complete and showing a portion of the wall of the body broken away to illustrate more clearly the interior construction of said Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying out the invention a washerbody 10 is provided, to the bottom of which is preferably secured rockers 11, which are adapted to operate upon a base-frame 12 and are held in place by retaining-spurs 13, which project from the lower edge of said rockers and fit in notches 14 in the base-frame 12. An operating-handle 15 is secured to one side of the body 10, whereby it may be rocked upon said base l2. The washer-body 10 is preferably formed with curved endV lobes or compartments 16 and acentral upwardly-projecting neck 17, forming the entrance-opening, which is arranged to be closed by a flat cover 18, havinga central steam-escape aperture 19.

Located within each end lobe 16 is a iiat imperforate division plate or board 20. Each division-board inclines downwardly from the end wall of the lobe, within which it is located, extending transversely across the inachine-body from side to side thereof, and acts as an air-tight partition between the two airchambers 21 and 22formed, respectively, above and below the same.

Securedto the opposite inner end walls of the neck 17 are supporting-cleats 23, upon the upper edge of which the cover 18 rests when in place. The lower edges of these cleats project below the lower edge of the neck well into the washer-body, being preferably beveled upon their rear faces, and

Vform retarding-flanges 24, which also extend transversely across the body in parallelism to the said division-boards.

In the operation of the machine as the body is tilted in one direction the contents gravitate to one end, and the water, rushing into the chambers 2l and 22, compresses the air contained within the same, while the greater bulk of the clothing is stopped by the edge of the division plate or board 20. The conlined air immediately reacts against the water and forces the same through the clothing with suicient force to remove the dirt therefrom. Upon tilting the bodyin the opposite direction the contents pass toward the opposite end of the machine and the above operation is repeated. 'lhe bulk of the clothing, however, in passing from one end to the other strikes against the depending flanges 24, which retards the saine and turns it about, so as to present other portions to the action of the air and water. These anges also direct the water downward, and thus prevent its splashing out through the cover or aperture, besides retarding the movement of the cloth- 'ing to such an extent as to cause the more rapidly moving water to surge therethrough.

By this construction it will be seen that a washing-machine body is provided in which the water is forced rapidly and thoroughly through the clothes placed therein, said clothes' being turned to present fresh surfaces for the water to act upon on each movement of the body.

From the foregoing it is thoughtvthat the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape,

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proportion, andminor details of construction site :inner end walls ofthe `neck ,and rdependingl'intof-the Ybody to formretard'ing-anges, the upper edges of said cleats forming supporting means for a cover arranged to close the neck-opening, and the lower edges of the eleatsbeing Yin substantial parallelism with bhe division-boards.

In testimony that; I claim the foregoing as :my-own /Ihave hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

,FRANK B. CHURCHILL.

Witnesses:

WM. M. STEBBINS, W. D. HAYES. 

